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What happened to my LEGO? This is a question I ask myself from time to time... and kick myself (a little) because I know part of that answer. I'm the youngest o

What happened to my LEGO? This is a question I ask myself from time to time... and kick myself (a little) because I know part of that answer. I'm the youngest of 3 and all the various LEGO trickled down to me. My brother and I were big into the space themed sets. We had a bunch of those base boards in grey with moon craters and what not. When I left for college I had amassed a large suitcase full of bricks. One of my best friends in HS had a significantly younger brother that was the coolest little kid I knew. I gave him my suitcase. He was so happy. I think I quadrupled his collection. It felt good then and it still feels good now when I think of how happy little Elwood was. But now as an adult with kids of my own, I kick myself a little bit for not seeing the future. What I would give to go back and tell 18yr old me to hang on to those sets. Even back then I probably had at least $1k worth. Today that suitcase would probably be worth several thousand. But most of all, I would love to be sitting on the floor with my boys, building (non Star Wars themed) space ships with the same bricks I used 30 years ago.

abakker 11y ago
I almost traded my whole collection for an xbox in high school, but I ended up keeping them. I think they're still in a giant bin in my mom's attic somewhere. I'm going to keep your lesson in mind every time she suggests getting rid of them. I think I still have all my k'nex also.
TheGRS 11y ago
I very much remember what happened to my own set: I left them in a classroom in middle school before moving away. I was at the age where I didn't use them for much anymore, but I did like to put little projects together every now and then. There was a school project where I brought in everything and stashed them in a closet somewhere, but completely forgot about them after the project was completed. After I had moved from that town it dawned on me one day what I had done and I was very, very sad to realize that I would probably never see the sets again.

abakker 11y ago

I almost traded my whole collection for an xbox in high school, but I ended up keeping them. I think they're still in a giant bin in my mom's attic somewhere. I'm going to keep your lesson in mind every time she suggests getting rid of them. I think I still have all my k'nex also.

TheGRS 11y ago

I very much remember what happened to my own set: I left them in a classroom in middle school before moving away. I was at the age where I didn't use them for much anymore, but I did like to put little projects together every now and then. There was a school project where I brought in everything and stashed them in a closet somewhere, but completely forgot about them after the project was completed. After I had moved from that town it dawned on me one day what I had done and I was very, very sad to realize that I would probably never see the sets again.